EntityReferenceFormatterBase.php

Same filename in other branches
  1. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceFormatterBase.php
  2. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceFormatterBase.php
  3. 11.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceFormatterBase.php

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\Field\FieldFormatter

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceFormatterBase.php

View source
<?php

namespace Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\Field\FieldFormatter;

use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheableMetadata;
use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
use Drupal\Core\Field\EntityReferenceFieldItemListInterface;
use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface;
use Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\Field\FieldType\EntityReferenceItem;
use Drupal\Core\Field\FormatterBase;
use Drupal\Core\TypedData\TranslatableInterface;

/**
 * Parent plugin for entity reference formatters.
 */
abstract class EntityReferenceFormatterBase extends FormatterBase {
    
    /**
     * Returns the referenced entities for display.
     *
     * The method takes care of:
     * - checking entity access,
     * - placing the entities in the language expected for display.
     * It is thus strongly recommended that formatters use it in their
     * implementation of viewElements($items) rather than dealing with $items
     * directly.
     *
     * For each entity, the EntityReferenceItem by which the entity is referenced
     * is available in $entity->_referringItem. This is useful for field types
     * that store additional values next to the reference itself.
     *
     * @param \Drupal\Core\Field\EntityReferenceFieldItemListInterface $items
     *   The item list.
     * @param string $langcode
     *   The language code of the referenced entities to display.
     *
     * @return \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface[]
     *   The array of referenced entities to display, keyed by delta.
     *
     * @see ::prepareView()
     */
    protected function getEntitiesToView(EntityReferenceFieldItemListInterface $items, $langcode) {
        $entities = [];
        foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
            // Ignore items where no entity could be loaded in prepareView().
            if (!empty($item->_loaded)) {
                $entity = $item->entity;
                // Set the entity in the correct language for display.
                if ($entity instanceof TranslatableInterface) {
                    $entity = \Drupal::service('entity.repository')->getTranslationFromContext($entity, $langcode);
                }
                $access = $this->checkAccess($entity);
                // Add the access result's cacheability, ::view() needs it.
                $item->_accessCacheability = CacheableMetadata::createFromObject($access);
                if ($access->isAllowed()) {
                    // Add the referring item, in case the formatter needs it.
                    $entity->_referringItem = $items[$delta];
                    $entities[$delta] = $entity;
                }
            }
        }
        return $entities;
    }
    
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     *
     * @see ::prepareView()
     * @see ::getEntitiesToView()
     */
    public function view(FieldItemListInterface $items, $langcode = NULL) {
        $elements = parent::view($items, $langcode);
        $field_level_access_cacheability = new CacheableMetadata();
        // Try to map the cacheability of the access result that was set at
        // _accessCacheability in getEntitiesToView() to the corresponding render
        // subtree. If no such subtree is found, then merge it with the field-level
        // access cacheability.
        foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
            // Ignore items for which access cacheability could not be determined in
            // prepareView().
            if (!empty($item->_accessCacheability)) {
                if (isset($elements[$delta])) {
                    CacheableMetadata::createFromRenderArray($elements[$delta])->merge($item->_accessCacheability)
                        ->applyTo($elements[$delta]);
                }
                else {
                    $field_level_access_cacheability = $field_level_access_cacheability->merge($item->_accessCacheability);
                }
            }
        }
        // Apply the cacheability metadata for the inaccessible entities and the
        // entities for which the corresponding render subtree could not be found.
        // This causes the field to be rendered (and cached) according to the cache
        // contexts by which the access results vary, to ensure only users with
        // access to this field can view it. It also tags this field with the cache
        // tags on which the access results depend, to ensure users that cannot view
        // this field at the moment will gain access once any of those cache tags
        // are invalidated.
        $field_level_access_cacheability->merge(CacheableMetadata::createFromRenderArray($elements))
            ->applyTo($elements);
        return $elements;
    }
    
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     *
     * Loads the entities referenced in that field across all the entities being
     * viewed.
     */
    public function prepareView(array $entities_items) {
        // Collect entity IDs to load. For performance, we want to use a single
        // "multiple entity load" to load all the entities for the multiple
        // "entity reference item lists" being displayed. We thus cannot use
        // \Drupal\Core\Field\EntityReferenceFieldItemList::referencedEntities().
        $ids = [];
        foreach ($entities_items as $items) {
            foreach ($items as $item) {
                // To avoid trying to reload non-existent entities in
                // getEntitiesToView(), explicitly mark the items where $item->entity
                // contains a valid entity ready for display. All items are initialized
                // at FALSE.
                $item->_loaded = FALSE;
                if ($this->needsEntityLoad($item)) {
                    $ids[] = $item->target_id;
                }
            }
        }
        if ($ids) {
            $target_type = $this->getFieldSetting('target_type');
            $target_entities = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($target_type)
                ->loadMultiple($ids);
        }
        // For each item, pre-populate the loaded entity in $item->entity, and set
        // the 'loaded' flag.
        foreach ($entities_items as $items) {
            foreach ($items as $item) {
                if (isset($target_entities[$item->target_id])) {
                    $item->entity = $target_entities[$item->target_id];
                    $item->_loaded = TRUE;
                }
                elseif ($item->hasNewEntity()) {
                    $item->_loaded = TRUE;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns whether the entity referenced by an item needs to be loaded.
     *
     * @param \Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\Field\FieldType\EntityReferenceItem $item
     *   The item to check.
     *
     * @return bool
     *   TRUE if the entity needs to be loaded.
     */
    protected function needsEntityLoad(EntityReferenceItem $item) {
        return !$item->hasNewEntity();
    }
    
    /**
     * Checks access to the given entity.
     *
     * By default, entity 'view' access is checked. However, a subclass can choose
     * to exclude certain items from entity access checking by immediately
     * granting access.
     *
     * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
     *   The entity to check.
     *
     * @return \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResult
     *   A cacheable access result.
     */
    protected function checkAccess(EntityInterface $entity) {
        return $entity->access('view', NULL, TRUE);
    }

}

Classes

Title Deprecated Summary
EntityReferenceFormatterBase Parent plugin for entity reference formatters.

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